An Indiana teacher relocating to Texas for work found a more than $1 million charge pending on his bank account the morning after he rented a room costing about $80 at America’s Best Value Inn and Suites in Blytheville, Arkansas. Hotel management attributed the error to what it described as a cyberattack involving the property’s payment-processing system.
According to reports from local news outlets WREG and KARK, Matthew Spencer said he stopped at the hotel in June 2026, during his cross-country move to Texas for a new teaching job. Spencer booked a room for $78.30, but when he checked his bank account the next morning, he found a pending charge of $1,002,852.82.
